Research Team
Eoin Drea
Senior Research Officer
Dr. Eoin Drea is Senior Researcher in the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies specialising in macroeconomic and social policy. He is an expert in the political economy of the European Union focusing on the future of the Eurozone, EU-UK and EU-US relations (the Anglosphere), property economics, crypto assets and the socio-economic challenges facing middle class families. Dr. Drea is a former Irish Research Council postdoctoral fellow in the School of Business, Trinity College Dublin and holds a PhD in economic history from University College Cork.
He is a regular media contributor and his opinion pieces have appeared in Foreign Policy, Politico, The Guardian, The Times of London and The Irish Times among others.
Prior to undertaking his PhD, Dr. Drea gained over six years’ experience as a private sector economist. He has also served on the Board of Fine Gael’s Policy Lab (2020-22), the innovative policymaking initiative within Ireland’s largest centre right political party.
More by Eoin Drea
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While we’re busy placating the US, the rest of the EU plans for a new reality
Articles and Op-Eds - In the Media
16 Mar 2025
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Irish PM visits White House amid divisions on economy, Ukraine, Gaza
In the Media - Interviews and Expert Quotes
11 Mar 2025
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German Stocks Have Been Flying. What to Do Now.
In the Media - Interviews and Expert Quotes
11 Mar 2025
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Trump could trigger a budgetary crisis in Ireland with a pen stroke. We need a plan
Articles and Op-Eds - In the Media
05 Mar 2025
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Germany Is Europe’s Guiding Light. The U.S. Is the Storm.
In the Media - Interviews and Expert Quotes
28 Feb 2025
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Time to drop our faux humanitarian defence strategy
Articles and Op-Eds - In the Media
23 Feb 2025
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Trump Axes Global Minimum Tax. How Big Tech Could Lose.
In the Media - Interviews and Expert Quotes
13 Feb 2025
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It’s the Economy or Bust for Europe’s Centre Right in 2025
Blog
07 Jan 2025
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The EU can learn from Japan and South Korea on trading with China
Articles and Op-Eds - In the Media
31 Dec 2024
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Europe’s Economy Is Looking Up. Where to Find Bargain Stocks.
In the Media - Interviews and Expert Quotes
13 Dec 2024
Publications written or edited by Eoin Drea
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Policy Briefs
Hedging Chaos: How the EU, Japan and South Korea Can Shape a New Type of Trading Power
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Policy Briefs
A Digital Euro: Balancing Innovation, Autonomy and Trust
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The 7Ds
The 7Ds - Debt Extended
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The 7Ds
The 7Ds - Debt Extended
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Policy Briefs
Reconnecting the British to Europe: Strategic Imperatives and Inconvenient Truths
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IN BRIEF
The Athens Effect: 5 Reasons Why France (and the EU) Should go Greek on Debt
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The 7Ds
The 7Ds - Debt in Depth
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IN FOCUS
Rural Europe: Our Contract with Rural Europe - A Five-Point Plan for Europe’s Heartlands
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IN BRIEF
Mistaking the Wood for the Trees: Five Ways the EU can Deliver a more Competitive Industrial Policy
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Ukraine
The Long View: A Centre Right Response to the Economic Fallout of War in Ukraine
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Policy Briefs
Regulating the Digital Future: A Centre–Right Approach to Crypto Assets and Digital Currencies
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Collaborative
Beyond resentment: A Journey through the Italian Middle Class from Postwar to Pandemics
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Collaborative
The Call for More Europe: Ambitions and Realities
